2021 Virginia gubernatorial election

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The 2021 Virginia gubernatorial election was a closely watched U.S. state contest in which Republican businessman Glenn Youngkin defeated Democrat Terry McAuliffe, signaling a significant political shift in a previously Democratic-leaning state.

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instanceOf Virginia state election ⓘ
gubernatorial election ⓘ
campaignIssue COVID-19 pandemic response ⓘ
economy ⓘ
education ⓘ
public schools curriculum ⓘ
candidate Glenn Youngkin ⓘ
Princess Blanding ⓘ
Terry McAuliffe ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
democraticNominee Terry McAuliffe ⓘ
electionCycle off-year election ⓘ
electionDate 2021-11-02 ⓘ
electionYear 2021 ⓘ
electoralOffice Governor of Virginia ⓘ
incumbent Ralph Northam ⓘ
incumbentRunning no ⓘ
incumbentTermLimited yes ⓘ
locatedIn Virginia ⓘ
loser Terry McAuliffe ⓘ
loserParty Democratic Party ⓘ
marginOfVictoryPercentage 2.0% ⓘ
marginOfVictoryVotes 63,480 ⓘ
nextElection 2025 Virginia gubernatorial election ⓘ
officeHolderAfterElection Glenn Youngkin ⓘ
officeHolderAfterParty Republican Party ⓘ
officeHolderBeforeElection Ralph Northam ⓘ
officeHolderBeforeParty Democratic Party ⓘ
ongoing no ⓘ
party Democratic Party ⓘ
Liberation Party of Virginia ⓘ
Republican Party ⓘ
popularVoteRunnerUp Terry McAuliffe ⓘ
popularVoteRunnerUpPercentage 48.6% ⓘ
popularVoteRunnerUpRaw 1,600,116 ⓘ
popularVoteThirdPlace Princess Blanding ⓘ
popularVoteThirdPlacePercentage 0.7% ⓘ
popularVoteThirdPlaceRaw 23,196 ⓘ
popularVoteWinner Glenn Youngkin ⓘ
popularVoteWinnerPercentage 50.6% ⓘ
popularVoteWinnerRaw 1,663,596 ⓘ
previousElection 2017 Virginia gubernatorial election ⓘ
primaryElection 2021 Virginia Democratic gubernatorial primary ⓘ
2021 Virginia Republican gubernatorial convention ⓘ
republicanNominee Glenn Youngkin ⓘ
significance considered a bellwether for national U.S. politics ⓘ
ended Democratic control of Virginia governorship since 2014 ⓘ
thirdParty Liberation Party of Virginia ⓘ
thirdPartyNominee Princess Blanding ⓘ
type presidential-style gubernatorial election ⓘ
votingMethod early voting ⓘ
in-person voting ⓘ
mail-in voting ⓘ
winner Glenn Youngkin ⓘ
winnerParty Republican Party ⓘ

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